Augmented Tangible Molecular Models

Description

Physical models superimposed with virtual computational models and
labels using augmented reality. Python extension of ARToolkit in PMV
is used for tracking and registering virtual models. Fiducial square
markers are used to track and register in three dimensional space via
video segmentation. Animations can be used to effectively describe
complex structural information about molecular properties.

Python Molecular Viewer - PMV

PMV is a Python-based molecular visualization environment developed by the Molecular Graphics Laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute.The new PMV version is written in python 2.3, supports multi-threading and also works on most platforms.
Allows viewing of molecular structures from formats such as PDB - PDBQ , PDBQS Auto Dock formats. PQR Mead & Mol2 Tripos format.It Supports multiple representations of molecular structure.

Comprehensive Help Menu system providing real-time interaction for students.

The Protein Structure Magic Book

Proteins have several levels of structural organization: primary,
secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. A protein’s primary structure
is the sequence of its amino acids. The forces between these amino
acids cause the chain to fold and to form the protein’s secondary,
tertiary, and quaternary structures. In this book, the
characteristics of each level of structure are described and
illustrated with a 3-D animation.

There are three Coloring Schemes to represent the protein structures
and amino acids used in this book; Color by Atom Type, Color by Amino
Acid Type and Color by Chain.